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  A Novel Grape Downy Mildew Resistance Locus from Vitis rupestris 

  Podolec, Michelle (Cornell University, 2021-03)

  USDA Scientist Jason Londo, based at Cornell AgriTech identified a new genetic DNA marker associated with downy mildew resistance. This new locus can be incorporated into grape breeding programs.
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  Using cell phones to obtain accurate prebloom cluster counts 

  Podolec, Michelle (Cornell University, 2021-08)

  Viticulturist Justine Vanden Heuvel and engineering professor Kirstin Peterson devise low-cost procedure to count clusters for crop estimation.
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  Determining which vegetative index is best for your vineyard 

  Podolec, Michelle (Cornell University, 2021-08)

  Tractor-mounted sensors use optical sensing to measure canopy fill. This study compared different combinations of wavelengths that comprise different "vegetative indexes".
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  It’s all in your head(space). Researchers invent automatable method to measure free S02 in wine 

  Podolec, Michelle (Cornell University, 2021-05)

  The Sacks lab presents a new and easily automated method of measuring "truly" free S02 using headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC).
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  A New, Satellite NDVI-Based Sampling Protocol for Grape Maturation Monitoring  

  Wiepz, Rebecca (Cornell University, 2020-05)

  Cornell Extension Educator Jim Meyers, working with Justine Vanden Heuvel's program and E. J. Gallo scientists, developed an image analysis-based method for using Landsat satellite images to select single, representative ...
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  Grape mapping populations reveal genetic variation in bloom and fruit development 

  Martinson, Timothy A.; Kovaleski, Al; Reisch, Bruce (Cornell University, 2020-08)

  Bruce Reisch's three related mapping populations are helping discover genetic markers for a variety of traits such as timing of bloom and fruit development.
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  X-ray imaging allows nondestructive investigation of grape bud morphology and freezing  

  Wiepz, Rebecca (Cornell University, 2020-03)

  The use of microtomography (3D X-ray imaging) allowed Grad student Al Kovaleski and USDA scientist Jason Londo to track changes in bud structure during deacclimation and freezing events.
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  Economic Studies Reinforce Efforts to Safeguard Specialty Crops in the United States 

  Podolec, Michelle (Cornell University, 2021-03)

  Cornell virologist Marc Fuchs and collaborators documented significant economic impact of 'clean plant' programs in grapes and other specialty crops.
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  Elimination of the Crown Gall Pathogen, Agrobacterium vitis, from Systematically Infected Grapevines by Tissue Culture 

  Wiepz, Rebecca (Cornell University, 2020-05)

  Recently-retired scientist Tom Burr's program successfully eliminates crown gall through tissue culture and use of the sensitive 'magnetic capture hybridization' test developed by the Burr laboratory.
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  The Influences of Music on Perception of Oaked Wines - a Tasting Room Case Study in the U.S. Finger Lakes Region 

  Wiepz, Rebecca (Cornell University, 2019-11)

  Kathy Latour, associate professor of services marketing in the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, investigated how complementary music affected the tasting room experience and wine sensory characteristics at a Finger ...

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